Grandpa used to tell stories of the Longhairs storming the village.
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history
The Taiping rebels (1851–1864) refused the Qing queue and let all their hair grow, so their enemies called them 长毛; the name is hostile. The rebels' own state was the 太平天国.
mistakes
With 长 read zhǎng, "to grow", 长毛 means "to grow hair" or "to go mouldy": 面包长毛了 "the bread has gone mouldy".
